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Lowe’s is adding more robots to its staff roster. The company plans to start using robots on the sales floors of multiple California stores this fall. The big-box retailer will be introducing LoweBot, a NAVii autonomous retail service robot by Fellow Robots, at 11 Lowe’s …

Retail competitors Lowe’s and Amazon are joining forces to make their technology work together in smart homes. The incompatibility of different brands of devices has hindered the smart home market, but Amazon and Lowe’s are integrating their products so their brands can work together in …

If you are overwhelmed by all of the regulations small businesses are facing these days and need some straightforward guidance on how to respond to the mandates aimed at your operation, then the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) has some …

After four years’ absence from the market, Sears has decided to go back to selling paint. The company announced the plan earlier this week, shortly after reporting a drop in net sales in the second quarter, according to an article from …

Woolworths, Lowe’s partner in an Australian home improvement business, found a buyer for part of their failed joint venture. However, the partners aren’t cleanly cutting ties. Lowe’s owns one-third of the joint venture, which includes Masters Home Improvement stores and Home …

Amazon has a competitor in the house, and its name is Jet.com. To leverage sales from this competition, Walmart recently purchased Jet.com for $3 billion in the most expensive e-commerce acquisition in America. Jet.com Strategizes Growth, Competition With Amazon While Amazon continues climbing the ladder to become …

This year, downtown Lynden in Washington state was the grand prize winner of a contest that celebrates American downtowns. In 2017, your city could be next. Watch for news from Independent We Stand, an organization that exists to support locally owned businesses, about the second-annual America’s Main …

Over the past nine years, homeowners have seen extensive changes to home values as the market worked its way through the Great Recession. Recent research, however, suggests that consumers are once again investing in their homes. Market research firm Consumer …